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Jewellery Quarter Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
St George's Court, 1 Albion Street, Birmingham B1 3AA · corejewelleryquarter.academy · 0121 729 7220
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 556
- 84% of 660 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 59%
- First language not English
- 48.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Core Education Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 80 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 80 | 40 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 72 | 38 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 107 | 36 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 77 | 25 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 118 | 46 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.2, and 28.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼28.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼47.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ●39.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.26 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 10.5 | −2.6 |
| Sixth form college | 11.3 | −6.5 |
| Further education | 62.4 | +10.1 |
| Other education | 0.8 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.5 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.3 | −1 |
| Activity not captured | 5.3 | −0.3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Jewellery Quarter Academy on 26 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2022
Other inspections
Report cards, from November 2025
- Mar 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
30% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 30%
- Replies
- 10
- 2% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 70% who had a child bullied